Welcome to the final newsletter before Christmas (and depending on content, possibly the last one of the year). Fortunately there is plenty of content to get you through the holiday season, including an excellent run-down of some key community content from Lior Bela in the Microsoft content
Community Content
We start this week with a Copilot experiment from Johan Vanneuville to see how it handles a Terraform script to deploy AVD
For those of you using SCCM with Dell devices, this very thorough post from Mike Shellenberger runs through how to keep your OS image updated with the latest drivers
Next, Steve Weiner takes a look at how to retrieve and create items in Graph with PowerShell
https://www.getrubix.com/blog/methods-of-madness
We have two posts from Rahul Jindal this week starting with a guide to deploying Android system apps with Intune
https://rahuljindalmyit.blogspot.com/2024/12/configure-android-enterprise-system-app.html
Rahul’s second post is a great tip if you are using Company Portal for enrollment, a secret policy which could be blocking it
https://rahuljindalmyit.blogspot.com/2024/12/why-is-enrolment-through-company-portal.html
For some of you, MDT is very much alive and well. If you want to capture a Windows 11 image with it, follow this guide from Michael Niehaus
Note the end of support date in Michael’s second post though
Learn how to enroll devices running Ubuntu into Intune here with Ugur Koc
Quickly grab MSI details with this script from Michael Escamilla
Peter van der Woude looks at the new device inventory functionality here
Adding additional hardware properties to the device inventory
Look at your different Windows update options in this post from Ola Ström
No doubt you’ve started experimenting with device inventory (and probably blogged about it). If you have noticed an Invalid Namespace error at any point, here is a Rudy Ooms deep dive to explain what happened
If you’re looking to use Device Query, Jon Towles has the first of a two-part series here running through getting started with KQL
If you have cross-timezone users sharing AVD hosts, you may find the timezone changing itself. Learn why it’s happening in this post from Gannon Novak
https://smbtothecloud.com/avd-host-time-zone-randomly-changing/
With Windows 10 end-of-support looming, Jesse Weimer looks at how to make your upgrade as seamless as possible
https://www.getrubix.com/blog/windows-11-can-we-upgrade-already
SCCM 2409 is now GA and Niall Brady looks at what it includes here
Configuration Manager 2409 is globally available, what’s in it for you ?
Next, James Robinson continues with Windows CSP series, this one looking at the dreaded MDMWinsOverGPO setting and also Computer vs User assignment amongst others
https://skiptotheendpoint.co.uk/windows-csp-a-tale-of-magic-betrayal-and-intrigue-part-2/
If you’re managing Linux devices, this new app from Ugur Koc is well worth trying!
https://github.com/ugurkocde/LinuxESP
Video Content
Now onto the video content, starting with a look at Administrator Protection in Windows from Abhijat Singh, Dylan D’Silva and Nilanjana Ganguly
We now have two videos from Dean Ellerby, starting with protecting your privileged accounts using Conditional access
Dean’s second video looks at using Pckgr to automate your app deployment and packaging, but not just for Windows, this one covers macOS as well!
Chander Mani Pandey looks at Device Inventory in this video
We now have three videos from Steve Weiner starting with a look at why filters can be a better option than dynamic groups
We also have part 6 of the Graph series, linking attributes across Entra and Intune
In part 7 Steve runs through creating your app-reg for connecting
Christiaan Brinkhoff interviews Marcus Ash to discuss the future of AI in Windows
Shady Khorshed interviews Lior Bela to discuss the key news from Ignite here
Microsoft Content
Now for the Microsoft content starting with your holiday reading in this excellent selection of Intune content from Lior Bela. I would class this as a must read and not just because I’m included 🙂
If you are looking to go cloud native next year, this guide from Jason Sandys will set you on the right path
We also have the what’s new in Intune, but also a look back at the last year from Scott Sawyer
That’s it for this week (and possibly this year). Have a fabulous Christmas break with loads of food!
